Category Archives: Media Opinion

Brodbeck: NDP carpeting over kid cons

No matter how you slice it, the rate of re-offending for young criminals in this province is horrendous. And it’s getting worse, according to Manitoba Justice statistics. The provincial NDP government quietly changed how it calculates recidivism rates for youth … Continue reading

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Editorial: Canada played for a sucker

Alleged Rwandan war criminal Leon Mugesera played Canada’s ponderously slow judicial and immigration systems like a concert violinist, but now he is finally where he should have been more than a decade ago. And that’s in Rwanda, and a jail … Continue reading

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Editorial: Canada gets smaller government, finally

On Friday, the Department of Finance updated Canada’s deficit projections, and brought welcome news: The federal deficit is shrinking more rapidly than previously forecast. While the projected shortfall this year was originally pegged at $32.3-billion, the final tally now is … Continue reading

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Foster: Obama loves oil! Not!

Nothing more clearly indicates U.S. President Barack Obama’s economic muddledom and ideological stubbornness than the dog’s breakfast of energy policies revealed in Tuesday’s State of the Union address. The good news is that hydrocarbons are back (as long as you … Continue reading

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Mintz: Canada downgraded

Canada’s relationship with the United States is facing recent strains unseen since the signing of the Canada-U.S. free trade agreement 25 years ago. Unlike early episodes of Canadian angst over nationalism, this stress is due to the U.S. taking Canada, … Continue reading

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Gurney: A native uprising isn’t likely, but it’s possible

Led by a charismatic young leader, small groups of natives strike a series of Canadian military bases and launch terrorist attacks in major Canadian cities. While the numerically tiny and underequipped Canadian Army scrambles to respond, a second wave of … Continue reading

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Corcoran: RIM delusions or the madness of investors

The current Grand Canyonesque gap between Research In Motion’s upbeat self-portrayal and the outside world’s lost-in-cyberspace view of the company represents one of the greatest disconnects in modern corporate history. Somebody is going to end up with a muddied reputation. … Continue reading

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Goldstein: Attack ad double standards

Oh, good grief. Of all the manufactured outrage in Ottawa these days among Liberals, NDPers and media, none is more hilarious than the recent furor over a little attack ad aimed at interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae by the right-wing … Continue reading

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Black: Hope amid the chaos

Updating and extending my year-end tour of the international horizon – as Portugal tries to attract investment from its formerly impoverished and strifetorn colony Angola, the Philippines pays a lower interest on a bond issue than is available to Spain … Continue reading

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Editorial: A wage cut for Alberta’s future

Alberta was once the model of public fiscal prudence for the entire country. No longer. Over the past dozen years, Alberta’s government has leapt from the eighth highest-spending provincial administration on a per capita basis to far and away the … Continue reading

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Foster: Follow the Keystone money, then expose the misinformation

Congressional Republican attempts to force U.S. President Barack Obama’s hand on the Keystone XL pipeline produced the required result on Wednesday, at least from the GOP perspective. The President gave the project the thumbs-down, and Republicans instantly castigated Mr. Obama … Continue reading

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McParland: Ottawa snatches the soother from provincial premiers

Two fundamental questions suggest themselves when considering the new health care funding formula imposed by Ottawa on the provinces: is it fair, and will it work? The fairness question is the one the 10 premiers loudly bleated about as they met in … Continue reading

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